Competition Registration
Participant can enter the Competition by submitting an Entry Form or entering Online, paying the Entry Fee and delivering the Entry to Competition warehouse. Entries that do not arrive by the entry deadline cannot be refunded or credited.
No refund or credit of an Entry Fee will be given in any circumstances, including circumstances in which an Entry is disqualified, withdrawn, lost or damaged or does not arrive in time. EUROPE TROPHY will not refund or re-ship the samples/ bottles back if entry cancelled by the participant. No Refund or Re-ship of samples if changed later once samples delivered. If the samples gets returned, EUROPE TROPHY is not responsbile and hence no refund will be processed.
Labeling and Shipping
Clearly label each box of spirits using the delivery label, which can be downloaded once you have entered and paid for your spirits in your account.
If you send your spirits directly to our warehouse, you must tick the option: ‘Duties and Taxes payable by shipped’. If the above is not completed, we cannot guarantee that the spirits will not be stopped in Customs and arrive on time for the competition date. EUROPE TROPHY is not responsible for tracking the shipping of your spirits, please ensure everything is in order before sending your spirits.
Import License, Declaration & Duty
All duty, shipping costs, and taxes must be prepaid by the submitter of the samples. spirits must be Delivered Duty Paid (DDP), therefore instruction to complete the import declaration should be given to your forwarder/courier company, please choose ‘shipper accept all charges’ on the documentation provided by your courier company. Submitters should also be responsible for any fees related to the import declaration. Wine and spirits cannot be accepted by our logistic partner if the charges associated with shipping have not been paid. Any penalty and additional cost incurred from the non-compliance of declaration requirement in UK will be borne by the Submitters.
Insurance
EUROPE TROPHY and its logistic partner will not take responsibility for spirits damaged or lost whilst in transit. In the event that for reasons beyond the reasonable control of EUROPE TROPHY, it is necessary or advisable for the EUROPE TROPHY to be canceled, EUROPE TROPHY cannot accept any liability whatsoever for any direct or indirect loss of profit, damage, returned or expense of any kind incurred as the result of such a cancellation.
Delayed Shipments
For the EUROPE TROPHY Judges to taste your products it is essential they arrive in time. If your samples do not arrive in time for the EUROPE TROPHY competition date, they will not be able to be blind tasted, or placed by the Judges. No refund should be provided.
Printing Labels and Rights (License to Print)
The purpose of License to Print was primarily arranged for the convenience of Winners that have larger quantities of bottles to add their EUROPE TROPHY Medals. Large scale usage of License to Print enables Winners to save man power to add to all bottles by hand and/or they can arrange their printing more efficiently without needing to find a machine that can attach stickers with the exact dimensions that EUROPE TROPHY Medals are issued at, can be time-consuming/not easily accessible. EUROPE TROPHY Medal’s showcase winning wine and spirits either to buyers who are seeking the all important EUROPE TROPHY stamp of approval. Whether you are the Producer, Distributor, Importer or Retailer, now is your chance to celebrate and boost sales.
Force Majeure
The Organiser shall not be liable for delay or failure of performance with respect to cancellation or postponement of the show caused by an act of God, action by any governmental or quasi-governmental entity, fire, flood, insurrection, riot, explosion, embargo, strikes whether legal or illegal, transportation interruption of any kind, or any condition beyond the control of organisers (“Force Majeure Events”).
Usage rights to EUROPE TROPHY Medal artwork
Winners are welcome to use the EUROPE TROPHY artwork on marketing materials related to the winning products with no restrictions if it’s used for marketing material, presentations, website, press releases, trade shows and any other marketing purpose. For usage of the EUROPE TROPHY materials on Bottles or Packaging/Boxes, winners order either EUROPE TROPHY Medal Stickers or the EUROPE TROPHY License to Print. Both have no time limit to usage and are based on quantity ordered.